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Dec 6, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Hayley Crane |Rhiannon Brown
Architect and author Joseph Clarke explores the evolving relationship between architecture and acoustics in his book Echo’s Chambers: Architecture and The Idea of Acoustic Space. This Interview first aired in October 2022.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hayley Crane
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump could place gun control squarely on the agenda in the US presidential campaign. Australia has its own history with gun violence, but our gun culture has shifted hugely in recent decades, and the number of gun licences has almost halved since 1997. Could Australian-style gun reform help in the US?
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Hayley Crane
Norman Swan met Michael Mosley as a young doctor. Norman reflects on Michael‘s transition from GP to leading science communicator and his ability to weave his personal story into scientific research. Guest: Dr Norman Swan, Producer and presenter of the Health Report
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Hayley Crane |Alan Weedon |Rhiannon Brown |Matthew Crawford
George Monbiot wants to turn the global food industry on its head – from radical changes in farming practices to 3D-printed steaks. The prolific writer, environmental activist, and rewilder, explores this and more in his latest book, Regenesis. He joins Jonathan to discuss the advancing science of soil ecology, and how the biological universe under our feet could transform what we eat and how we grow it. Find more Blueprint For Living via the ABC Listen app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Alan Weedon |Hayley Crane |Jonathan Green
George Monbiot wants to turn the global food industry on its head – from radical changes in farming practices to 3D-printed steaks. The prolific writer, environmental activist, and rewilder, explores this and more in his latest book, Regenesis. Then it's time to meet an eccentric, little-known modernist architect who fought conventions and eschewed publicity:Bill Lucas. In recent years, his life and legacy has been re-appraised by critics and curators alike.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Hayley Crane |Alan Weedon |Rhiannon Brown |Matthew I Crawford
If it wasn't for Australian architect Bill Lucas… we might not have had the Opera House as we see it today. It was Bill who was a founding member of the group that lobbied for the international competition and jury that would go on to select Uzton's design. He was a man who fought architectural conventions and eschewed publicity, and in recent years, his life and legacy is being re-appraised by critics and curators alike.
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Hugh van Cuylenburg |Hayley Crane
Ben Shewry is the head chef and owner of the internationally renowned Melbourne-based restaurant, Attica. Ben is a man who strives for excellence in everything he does, and at the top of that list is being a dad. But how do you divorce with excellence, and impact your kids with as little negativity as possible?
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Jul 13, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Hayley Crane |Michele Weekes
Your best friend has recently divorced, and your mate has a new, much younger girlfriend. You don't want to spend time with her, so how do you manage to keep the friendship? Every Friday we challenge our guests with a dilemma from your 'too hard basket' - to discuss, unravel, and maybe even help solve for you. Send your dilemma via email on the Life Matters web page. Keep it to 150 words and you can always use another name.
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Feb 9, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Hayley Crane |Alan Weedon |Rhiannon Brown |Tim Symonds
The floods of early 2023 in Western Australia and the Northern Territory exposed Australia's road network and food supply chains, with the heavy water across the Kimberley region shutting down parts of the critical Great Northern Highway. What more can be done in Australian manufacturing to ensure food security as we know it?
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Feb 3, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Jonathan Green |Hayley Crane |Alan Weedon |Rhiannon Brown |Ariel D. Gross
A fake lion's head goes viral on the runway. A Kmart gets turned into a community school. All this and more in the latest edition of Blueprint For Living. --Lessons in retrofitting suburbia Some of the malls, office parks, and motels that were symbols of mid-century prosperity are tired, dying, or simply abandoned. And this is happening not just within the US, but in other places that emulated the American city.
